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TOWER Aus hits $1bn insurance milestone

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... Australian life insurance firm continues to report more than 10 per cent growth on year across all its business lines. The company has more than $577 million in individual risk premium and $465 million in group risk premium for a total of $1 billion. ...

Gen-Y super Individuum shuts down

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
IOOF-owned online super fund for Gen-Yers, Individuum, has been closed down with funds pooled to one of the parent company's superannuation options. The super fund was closed to new money and shut down approximately a year ago, according to an IOOF ...

Motor Finance Wizard withdraws interest-free loans

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... and provided some clients with "unaffordable credit". In 2007, ASIC raised concerns with PR Finance Group, MFW's parent company, in relation to advertisements that promised interest-free loans. The advertisements also stated that finance was available ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... will fix many of the regulatory gaps in the system, but Cooper Review panelist Sandy Grant questions adopting 'listed company' type governance measures, such as mandatory pay disclosure, just for the sake of having uniform standards across the board. ...

First SG raise costs no more than a cuppa

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... at least 2016-17 when they were required to pay 10.5 percent. In the meantime businesses would benefit from the lower company tax rate. "Employers need to recognise that increasing the SG to 12 per cent isn't just about improving the retirement outcomes ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market made further losses by noon on Friday, following disappointing company reports. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 27 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,497.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index had dropped ...

Bennelong appoints Intech head as chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed former Intech head of fund services, Bruce Loveday, as chairman of the board, starting next month. Loveday was previously head of fund services and head of sales and marketing with Intech Financial Services ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... 450,000 mark they've been on since the start of the year. Now what else do we have? Of course, we're still in the midst of company reporting season. There was good news and bad news last night. First the bad news. The techs did it. Akamai Technologies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... European stock markets closed lower, giving up early gains as Wall Street reversed direction despite a series of strong company results and economic data, dealers said. They said the turnaround reflected profit taking, with the overall tone positive ...

Australian ESG expert claims world-first

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... the list. The Standard is funded by the European Commission and launched last year in response to growing investor and company demand for research groups to incorporate the key principles of integrity, transparency and accountability into their research ...